Mer for Nokia 770,N800, N810, N810W, X86, Beagleboard, Pocket Loox 720, version 0.9

Information about Mer can be found at http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer and release information and released files on http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer/Releases/0.9. It also has a list of known issues so please read them through first before installing.

If you own a N8x0(W), use the installer mentioned here. 770 instructions here. If you have VirtualBox, VMware, QEMU or Parallels, try out our VMDK or RAW images. Beagleboard and Pocket Loox 700-series instructions are available.

Next release is 16 March 2009 (0.10).

Highlights of this release:
* 770 WiFi works out of the box (thanks to nikolajhendel for the 770 donation)
* Powerlaunch - power button menu and lock screen/reboot/shutdown/offline mode now works
* Autodetection of having Nokia keyboards
* You can now flash Mer to the internal flash on N8x0 (experimental, and swap recommended, we provide JFFS2+kernel image)

Mer is still a work in progress and as such you should not expect too much of it. We are in dire need of hands, both coders and architects/designers, so if you think you can contribute, you're more than welcome to join us.

If you would like to participate, read through http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer/People and http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer/Sprints and see if there's anything you can help out with. We're on #maemo (or #mer) on FreeNode, IRC, if you'd like to hang out and discuss.